Landing device.



L. E. WATERMAN.

LANDING DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED mm 10, ms.

Patented May 15, 1917.

OF EQCKFORD. ELLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TO EEKERSQN-BBANTILGHAM REECEFQEB, 1114131818. A CORPORATION 915 ILLINOIS.

LANDING DEVICE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Paienied i5,

may concern." sown that 1, basis l'ihrrrmmx, 1 of lulled States, residing at n t ie county of ll'innebago and i) 3 a \l useful ln'iprorements in Landing Dea" ich the following is a specificalions y invention relaees io landing devices enioloyed wiih farming implements, and esin conneciion with sulky plowsior the (i -air means laterally relato cause the plow to take more or less land.

The primary object or" my invention is to pro cle simple and improved landing dci'iee ahich will he easy to manipulate and control and will effectively serve the purpose for which it is designed. l have also aimed oride a landing device adapted to he eoi ollecl by a pair of foot levers rich may he depressed to release the device position in which she draft means are held agains"; lateral movement and may he movecl'forwardly and backn'ardly with the levers held depressed for swinging the draft means laterally.

A r lier object is to provide an improved landing deviceand draft means Wheres-y ihe draifi tongue may he ad uste(l all ion on the frame to a nosiiion and vice versa, with landing de ice or any of connecied therewith.

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is a plan View of my improved a vertical sectional View longitrv e: Yihe landing device and s a ironi View of the landing deporiion shown in secsion. Landing devices of the character to which my improvements relate are generally mounted on illQfOlE part of a plow frame and coniiecieo with the draft means for the moving the same iaierally with tie rrz-iroe to change line oi":

evices as she dr 'er may conveniently of draft to the plow less land desired ,ring with her ting the reins erwise eiaoioying: his

Le plow, should he iYlsllClm ills J: 1, oi e 6? ha d in 1 i Illinois, inrcnled certain new sale in connection with a frame understood, however. that my improved (leice so far as its function of adjusring a draft means laterally with respect to a frame is concerned, may be employed in connection with any implement or vehicle in which it is desired lo so adjust the means.

In the present instance, a portion of frame comprising vertically spaced transverse angle and channel bars 4 and 5 respectively, the bar 5 having rigidly secured thereto a central rearwardly extending frame portion 6. i i swinging frame designated generally by reference character is provided for carrying a draft tongoe or pole 8 in either a central position or'a laserally ofisest position so as a) accommodaie the draft means ior either a two or three horse hitch. This swinging frame inter posed between she bars l and 5 and pivotally mounted at 9 onthe frame portion Grnay he or saleable construction so that the pole 8 may he bolted thereto in either the central position in which 1i, lS/SllGWll iii-full lines in A; will be obvious that when the tongue 1S holeecl to the swinging frame at either side thereof, it, may he swung laterally Wish the swinging frame on the pivo axis 9 of said frame.

My improved landing device employed for swinging ihe tongue-carrying frame laterally and holding the same locked in set posit-ion is carried by a bracket designated generally by 16 bolted at 1? re the crossbar i of the main frame. This bracket projects forwardly from its mounting on the frame and is shaped to provide at its forward end an apertured hearing sleeve 18 on an upright axis and arcuate raichet faces 19 arranged concentric with the bearing 18 on opposite sides thereof and on the finder side of the bracket. A pa r of foot levers 21 l have shown but which serve also as stirraps are pi otally 2% passing through the a oerliure of said;

is normally locked in connection with the main frame, and when it is desired to angle the tongue with respect to the frame, that is, swing the tongue laterally on the pivot 9, the operator will depress the foot levers 21, releasing the same from engagement with the ratchet faces 19. Still holding the levers depressed the operator will rock the levers about the pivot bolt 24 by forward pressure on the leye'r opposite the side to which he wishes to swing the tongue. That is, viewing Fig. 1, if it is desired to swing the tongue to the left, the right hand lever 21 will be pressed forwardly. When the line of draft has been changed to the desired extent, the downward pressure on the levers is positely released whereupon the levers will be moved into locking engagement with-the ratchet faces 19 by the action of the springs 26.

By employing springs of different tension, the slightly changed. During operation the driver generally rests his feet on the stirrups or levers 12 and in the instance that the springs 26 are not of sufficient strength to hold the levers in uppermost position against this downward pressure on the levers, the same will be held out of locking.

engagement. This does not disturb the operation of the plow, since the driver, having his feet on the stirrups, has constant control of the line of draft. He may maintain the draft straight ahead without any effort, since the levers 21 are diametrically opdisposed and are in the position of ordinary foot stirrups. Under this condition, the device may be set in a locked position by simply removing the downward principle of operation may be.

pressure from the levers, that is, by the operator withdrawing his feet therefrom. The springs may, however, be of suflicient strength to hold the-levers in locked position against the normal weight of an operators feet on the levers so that when it is desired to change the line of draft, it will be necessary for the operator to forcibly depress the levers and swing the same in a backward and forward movement in their depressed position to effect the desired adjustment.

I claim 5- 1. A landing device comprising a frame, a tongue connected with the frame so as to swing laterally relatively thereto, means for swinging the tongue laterally and holding it locked against such movement comprising a pair of opposed foot levers movable about a common pivot to effect said swinging movement, and means for locking the foot levers in set position to lock the tongue against said swinging movement, said foot levers and locking means being arranged so that the levers must be vertically depressed to release them from locking position and then swung backwardly and forwardly in a horizontal plane to swing the tongue laterally.

2. A landing device comprising a frame, a draft element pivotally mounted thereon to swing laterally relatively to the frame, a bracket fixed to the frame, an element pivotally mounted on said bracket on an upright axis, a connection between said element and the draft element so that the'two will swing in unison, a pair of foot levers piyotally mounted on said element on hori zontal axes and extending in opposite directions from the pivot axis of said element, a ratchet connection between each lever and the bracket arranged so that the levers will be disengaged from the bracket upon being swung downwardly upon their pivots, and spring means urging the levers into' engagement with the brackets, whereby to swing the draft element the levers must be first depressed to disengage from the ratchet faces and then swung forwardly and rearwardly on the upright axis of said element.

LEWIS WATERMAN. 

